November 28, 2007

Kratos image work Process

I haven't had time to do any painting (except for work stuff) today, so I thought I'd dig around and see if there's anything I could post up. I didn't want to rehash the God of War images, since you're probably tired of those same images by now, but I did find a rare image that I actually saved iterations of the work. This isn't how I work most of the time, but... that seems to change alot! I usually try to work the entire image at once, but in these God of War images, where the main character was crucial to getting legal approval for the image, I focused on him in the initial stages (I think;p it was quite awhile ago). I knew that I wanted my color scheme to be in the warmer tones, so that made it easier to start with color right away. I like going right into color because there's something fresh about the way color also seems to influence my values I choose, rather than starting from black and white. However, in most cases, for concept art, working in black and white first seems to be more efficient, and less distracting for the director to look at---sometimes, color in the concept can be dominating the viewer's senses, and it seems an unfair comparison for concept images unless all the images were also of the same colors and color arrangement.

Comments

Your work is simply awesome. I was wondering what you think, because of your closeness with the God of War series, of the work I have been blogging about Kratos after God of War 3. God of War Egyptian Bloodlines is a book I wrote to add to the series. Maybe if it is actually published you and I could work on artwork to immortalize it.

sorry it took so long to get back,but I posted a blog displaying your terminator. I still think it's great it's only about 7 in. tall.If you have any more recent works I might want to trade up. here's the link.

Wow Charlie your work is really inspiring do you ever do hand drawn sketches.personally i dont like the new stuff wacom etc.Even though you make them look fantastic i must say youre my favorite digital artist.you should also have your own website like Cecil does!!

Thanks for taking the time leave your comments!
David, wow--- I think we must know each other then--- I think I was in Junior High at the time. I don't actually remember selling a Terminator drawing--- I'm glad you remember it--- amazing things that can come back to you--- glad it wasn't something embarassing! :j

Wow !! I always wondered what happened to you. You did a drawing of "The Terminator" back in 1988 or 89. You drew it in about 15 min. in a special class for high school art students at IUS. you sold it to me for $5.00,and made me promise to frame it. It now hangs behind me in my office. For a guy who would draw every thumbprint on a drawing of his thumb ,your art has really loosened up . Looks great!

such impressive work man
thanks for the sketches and process shots
i learned so much from you this past weekend (met briefly friend of paul christopher's) it has already benefited my work immensely as far as getting character design comps done faster and better
the more you post
the happier i am hahah keep it up
and good luck to you